By Deena Beasley CHICAGO, June 2 (Reuters) - Adding cancer drug Avastin to standard chemotherapy doubled the length of time a certain ...
AP | MATTHEW PERRONE | Posted 06.04.2012
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration is warning doctors that a second counterfeit version of the best-selling cancer drug Avastin has b...
AP | MATTHEW PERRONE | Posted 04.17.2012
WASHINGTON — The news this week that a fake version of the cancer medicine Avastin has made its way into the United States highlights a longtime...
AP | MATTHEW PERRONE | Posted 04.15.2012
WASHINGTON — The maker of the widely prescribed cancer drug Avastin is warning doctors and patients about counterfeit vials of the product that ...
Susan M. Love | Posted 04.01.2012
If we can figure out who should get Avastin, when and for how long, we may find it has a place in breast cancer. But until we answer those questions, we should not be giving it to everybody because we hope it will help someone.
Reuters | Posted 03.27.2012
* Avastin extends survival as second round treatment- study * Boost after previous setbacks ZURICH, Jan 26 (Reuters) - P...
Leigh Vinocur, M.D. | Posted 12.24.2011
Whatever you call them, we are obsessed with breasts. And it is not just men; many women are obsessed too, about their shape, their firmness and their size. For many, we let our breasts define us.
AP | MARCUS WOHLSEN | Posted 12.11.2011
Marcus Wohlsen, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — For the past 2½ years, Terry Kalley's wife has battled breast cancer with Avastin, the wo...
Dr. Elaine Schattner | Posted 10.03.2011
The reason I believe Avastin should be available for breast cancer treatment is that it helps a fraction of women, albeit a small one, to live active, enjoyable lives.
Posted 08.30.2011
Medicare will continue coverage of Roche Holdings' drug Avastin for breast cancer regardless of what U.S. health regulators decide about the medic...
Posted 08.28.2011
UPDATE: A Food and Drug Administration panel voted today to revoke Avastin's approval for treatment of breast cancer. The panel voted 6-0 to r...
AP | By MATTHEW PERRONE | Posted 08.27.2011
WASHINGTON -- The best-selling cancer drug in the world comes under federal scrutiny once again this week, as drugmaker Roche makes a last-ditch effor...
AP | MATTHEW PERRONE | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — Federal health authorities recommended Thursday that the blockbuster drug Avastin no longer be used to treat breast cancer, saying ...
AP | MATTHEW PERRONE | Posted 11.17.2011
WASHINGTON — Follow-up studies of a Roche breast cancer drug showed that it failed to extend the lives of patients, federal health scientists sa...
Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 05.25.2011
As part of its Bearing Witness 2.0 project, the Huffington Post is rounding up a few of the best local stories of the day. Fanny Gonzalez's husband ...
Jane Hamsher | Posted 05.25.2011
Pelosi made a choice about the lifesaving biologic drugs I took when I was in chemotherapy that will cost many fellow breast cancer survivors everything they own, and quite possibly their lives.
AP | MATTHEW PERRONE | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — A Genentech drug received federal approval on Friday to treat breast cancer, a surprise decision that could represent a shift in st...
Reuters | Posted 06.04.2012